Films going into production:Be Prepared (WEG)....

Films going into production:

Be Prepared (WEG). Shooting in L.A. A modern comedy with Shelley Long as a flamboyant Beverly Hills woman on the verge of divorce who takes control of her daughter’s unusual and sometimes obnoxious scout troop. Executive producer Charles W. Fries. Producer Ava Ostern Fries. Director Jeff Kanew. Screenwriters Margaret Oberman and Pamela Norris.

Cousins (Paramount). Shooting in Vancouver. Ted Danson and Isabella Rossellini head the cast of this romantic comedy based on the 1975 French hit “Cousin, Cousine,” which also scored big in les states. Producer William Allyn. Director Joel Schumacher. Screenwriter Stephen Metcalfe. Also stars Sean Young, William L. Petersen, Norma Aleandro and Lloyd Bridges.

The Investigators (TM). Shooting in L.A. Mystery comedy involving some young people who set out to determine the culprits in a series of murders. Executive producer Jean Carpenter. Producer Harrison Held. Director Tandy Summers. Screenwriters Andrew Rubio and Summers. Stars Rubio, Held, Travis Barr and Lee Ann McGuire.

Kinjite (Cannon). Shooting in L.A. Charles Bronson plays an L.A. cop assigned to retrieve a Japanese businessman abducted by a pimp. He’s uncomfortable about this task: He has had anti-Asian feelings since his daughter was molested by an unidentified Japanese man. Executive producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. Producer Pancho Kohner. Director J. Lee Thompson. Screenwriter Harold Nebenzal.

Lean on Me (Warner Bros.). Shooting in Paterson, N.J. Morgan Freeman takes on role of Joe Clark, a real-life controversial Paterson high school principal whose tough disciplinary policies have raised eyebrows--and a few welts. Producer Norman Twain. Director John Avildsen. Screenwriter Michael Schiffer.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Lorimar). Shooting in Paris. Glenn Close plays John Malkovich’s ex-lover, who bets the aristocrat rogue he can’t seduce a virtuous woman portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer. Producers Norma Heyman, Hank Moonjean. Director Stephen Frears. Screenwriter Christopher Hampton. Also stars Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reaves, Mildred Natwick and Uma Thurman.

Sea of Love (Martin Bregman). Shooting in Toronto and New York. Al Pacino stars in a contemporary suspense thriller as a cop plagued with marital glitches who latches on to Ellen Barkin after they meet on a case. Producers Martin Bregman and Louis A. Stroller. Director Harold Becker. Screenwriter Richard Price. Distributor Universal.

Torch Song Trilogy (New Line). Shooting in NYC and L.A. Harvey Fierstein’s Tony-winning play of a gay man and his his lovers. Matthew Broderick takes the lead in this series of short, dramatic tales. Executive producer Ron Fierstein. Producer Howard Gottfried. Director Paul Bogart. Screenwriter Harvey Fierstein. Also stars Anne Bancroft, Brian Kerwin, Eddie Castrodad and Karen Young. Christmas release.